In this function, the parameter of acl will be called by FOREACH_ACL_ENTRY(macro) without null point check. I add a null point check to it. --- Signed-off-by: Liuwenyi <qingshenlwy@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- diff --git a/fs/posix_acl.c b/fs/posix_acl.c index 39df95a..956df14 100644 --- a/fs/posix_acl.c +++ b/fs/posix_acl.c @@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ posix_acl_valid(const struct posix_acl *acl) unsigned int id = 0; /* keep gcc happy */ int needs_mask = 0; + if (!acl) + return -EINVAL; + FOREACH_ACL_ENTRY(pa, acl, pe) { if (pa->e_perm & ~(ACL_READ|ACL_WRITE|ACL_EXECUTE)) return -EINVAL; -------------- Best Regards, Liuweni 2009-12-17 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html